Police: Sister shot 11-year-old boy in Far Eastside house

7:52 PM,
Sep. 15, 2013

An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department cruiser on patrol.

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Indianapolis Metropolitan Police say today that reports of an 11-year-old boy injured in a drive-by shooting last night were false, and they now say the boy was shot by his 13-year-old sister.

The incident happened in the 3500 block of Dubarry Road on the Far Eastside just after 9 p.m. last night. According to a police report, the boy was walking inside a house with his brother and sister when he was shot.

Initially, the sister told police that they heard a car take off after the shot was fired. But now police say that story is not true. Detectives say they don't believe the shooting was intentional, ...